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contentment

[ kuhn-tent-muhnt ]

/ kənˈtɛnt mənt /

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noun

the state of being contented; satisfaction; ease of mind.

Archaic. the act of making contentedly satisfied.

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Origin of contentment

1400–50; late Middle English contentement from Middle French. See content², -ment

synonym study for contentment

1. See happiness.

OTHER WORDS FROM contentment

o·ver·con·tent·ment, nounpre·con·tent·ment, noun

Words nearby contentment

content farm, contention, contentious, contentive, content marketing, contentment, content provider, content word, conterminous, contessa, contest

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Example sentences from the Web for contentment

I envy my refusenik friends their steadfast commitments to stay in, and contentment in doing so.
The Refuseniks Hiding From ‘Happy New Year’|Lizzie Crocker|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whatever peace and contentment Adams has found seldom finds its way into his music.
‘Ryan Adams’ Is No Domestic Bliss Album|Keith Phipps|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sudden peace, buoyancy, contentment, or alternatively sorrow or physical pain.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death|Patricia Pearson|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And not that after-sex glow, but the radiance of contentment.
Sasha Grey on Her Novel ‘The Juliette Society,’ James Deen, and More|Marlow Stern|August 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Happiness is the wrong word—it sets an outsized goal for itself the way gladness, contentment, and satisfaction simply do not.
The Promise of Happiness After the Newtown Shooting|William Giraldi|January 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Pardon me; I want to see your eye beam again with contentment.
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow|Anna Katharine Green
Then even when it is trained to high ideals it is still looking out for its own contentment, and not for the man's good?
What Is Man? And Other Stories|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
What a small bundle of contentment Robin was at that moment.
In the Wilderness|Robert Hichens
Some divines have urged that we here get a beautiful picture of patience and contentment under wrong and misfortune.
A Few Words About the Devil|Charles Bradlaugh
No pursuit gives so great joy in the achieving, none achieved yields higher meed of competence, contentment, and repute.
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant,|George Alfred Townsend

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